Security Engineer

Astronomer • Austin, TX

9d • $80,000 - $85,000

About The Position

Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life and is the company behind Astro, the industry-leading unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow®. Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and powers data-driven applications. Trusted by more than 800 of the world's leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data. To learn more, visit www.astronomer.io . About this role We welcome an eager, passionate security engineer to join our Security Engineering team, where you will help innovate and build security solutions that monitor and protect our multi-cloud environment and critical assets. In this role, you will support the design, development, implementation, and ongoing management of advanced security programs across Azure, GCP, and AWS, while collaborating closely with Engineering, Product, and cross-functional teams to ensure strong security and operational best practices. You will report to the Head of Security Engineering, or an individual that they may designate.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of production experience in cybersecurity, cloud engineering, network engineering or site reliability engineering.
• Strong scripting language skills (Python preferred) and familiarity with compiled programming languages.
• Experience with common cybersecurity tools and platforms (SIEM, EDR, SOAR).
• Foundational experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred).
• Exposure to container technologies and orchestration platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.
• Demonstrated understanding of fundamental security principles and best practices for application design and deployment.
• Ability to self-learn
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing and building microservice-based systems.
• Familiarity with MLOps concepts or experience deploying AI/ML models.
• Experience in data analysis platforms such as Splunk, Snowflake, Elasticsearch, or BigQuery.
• Exposure to developing and securing web applications, APIs, and cloud workloads, with an emphasis on secure-by-design principles.
• Experience in security monitoring and incident response activities, such as reviewing alerts, analyzing logs, performing basic investigations, or supporting incident response workflows in a SOC or similar environment.

Responsibilities

• Implement, maintain, and upgrade security infrastructure for the monitoring, triage, and remediation of security events.
• Engage with engineering and assist in the design and implementation of cloud workload and orchestration platforms and a secure cloud infrastructure.
• Drive operational efficiencies with the skillful application of AI, ML, and automation, recreating processes to be non-human centric.
• Work with product and engineering teams to mitigate risks and vulnerabilities in Astronomer products and infrastructure.
• Work with engineering and IT teams to ensure and assist in collecting evidence of security and compliance controls.
• Respond to emergencies when needed, coordinating with other technical teams to assess, scope, mitigate, and respond to threats or risks as they emerge.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees